There was a big new personal best performance in America by Morpeth Harrier Scott Beattie at the Boston University Track Centre.
Part of a world class field that included Paris Olympic 1500m Gold medallist Cole Hocker, the 25-lap, 5000m battle for World Standard times saw four runners in the field make the qualifying standard of 13 minutes 1 second for the Tokyo World Championships later in the year.
Beattie narrowly missed that time, but did record a remarkable 13:04.9 when finishing in sixth place, his expression as he crossed the line and glanced across the clock registering his own amazement at the quality of his own run.
Hocker was the winner with a final straight kick saw that overcome team mate Cooper Teare to win in 12:57.32.
Cole Hocker And Cooper Teare BATTLE For 5k World Standard At BU Terrier DMR Challenge 2025
Part of a world class field that included Paris Olympic 1500m Gold medallist Cole Hocker, the 25-lap, 5000m battle for World Standard times saw four runners in the field make the qualifying standard of 13 minutes 1 second for the Tokyo World Championships later in the year.
Beattie narrowly missed that time, but did record a remarkable 13:04.9 when finishing in sixth place, his expression as he crossed the line and glanced across the clock registering his own amazement at the quality of his own run.
Hocker was the winner with a final straight kick saw that overcome team mate Cooper Teare to win in 12:57.32.
Cole Hocker And Cooper Teare BATTLE For 5k World Standard At BU Terrier DMR Challenge 2025